Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-19

SAW REPoRrER APPROACHING
he jumped up abruptly and without wait
ing question declared: Il have nothin
whatever to say except that I Am entirel,
responsible. It was wholly my own act
| Ny mother kr ows absolutely nothing of it.
| When pressed for his motive, Lee would
| at first only say: "You know well what
been in the papers" Being further urget
he burst out: He tried to prove my
mother An adulteress, an adventures
bastard and that's all I will say
The career of the young mans mother II
in many respects remarkable. She has
been married several times. was divorced
once. and as q department clerk in the
Government service at Washington, is un
derstood to have been concerned in some
decidedly ysensational incidents. 1t was as the
possessor of considerable real estate in
Chicago that she first became acqua nted
with Rawson. Their marriage soon fol.
lowed. That was about hve or sig years
ago. Rawson is 81 years old and. his
vile claims, physically a wreck. Whatever
the cause Of their disputes, the matter
finally went to the courts, and on Septem-
Der 20, 1886, Mrs. Rawson's long threat
enei bill for legal separation from her
cruelty and refusal OF her husband to
support her, closing with recital of
how he had installed detectives in
their home to close it up Wien Mrs. Raw
son should leave it. kawson had in the
meantime left the house and taken up his
abide with friend. In bis answer to the
Lill, Rawson averred that his married life
had been q terrible and confined drama of
domestic calamity and wretchedness, the
sole cause of which was his wife.
4 PHENOMENALLY AWFUL
devilish and wicked temper and habits OF
profanity and blasphemy which were not
revealed to him until after their marriage"
Going into her history. Rawson declared
that his wife had made false representa-
tions to get him to marry her, when she
represented that she was the widow of
Chas. G. Lee, who left her comfortably off
and the mother of two children. He fur
ther testified that his wife was married in
New Orleans on April 8, 1865, to John G.
Slaymaker, who at the time the
bill was fled was living
in Arkadelphia. Ark, and the divorce OBJ.
tanned from Slaymaker q few years later
was illegal. Consequently the marriage
with the defendant should be declared void.
Ou august 4OOO, uc TcIu6eU W pItaCc 6sUy
more money to her credit at the bank, and
September 70 she was refused admittance
to his house and detectives left on guard to
prevent her gaining entrance. Whil" the
suit was pending porter on St. Louis
sleeping car testified that Mrs. Rawson had
ACCEPTED BERTH
with a strange man on his sleeper. This
story was partially corroborated by other
porters and car conductors. All these al
legations were emphatically denied by
Mrs. Rawson. and later the colored porter
was brought up before Justice Lyon on the
charge of perjury. when he &C.
knOwledged the untruthfulness of his
former statements. Since then every
point especially in the matter of alimony
has been contested with increased bitter
ness the elimination being Ra~son's addi-
tional charges and to-day's horrible trag-
edy. At O'Clock this afternoon Mr..
had attorneys called in and made
his will. At midnight the onnded mans
condition was unchanged, but there
is very Iittl' hope Of his
recovery. General I. w. Stiles. who has
been acting as Mrs. Rawson's attorney in
the divorce case. says he is not prepared to
state as yet whether he will defend young
Lee. lie says, however, he will stand by
Mrs. Rawson, as he believes her to have
been grossly abused and wronged